The event began on Sunday morning (22 September) still mired in a row over gifts to senior MPs and questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Ms Rayner, the deputy prime minister, said she understood why people were “frustrated” and “angry” that figures including Sir Keir had received thousands of pounds in gifts.

Angela Rayner has been confronted with the extent of voters’ anger as the row over senior Labour figures accepting freebies including clothes, accommodation, and football and concert tickets continues.

Angela Rayner will announce a series of measures to protect renters from fire safety defects, damp and mould, and drive up housing standards in her speech at Labour Party conference. The Deputy Prime Minister will commit to “building homes fit for the future” in Sunday’s speech,

Angela Rayner addresses Labour Party conference amid donations row Watch live as Angela Rayner addresses the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool. The event began on Sunday 22 September still mired in a row over gifts to senior MPs and questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.